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THE LAMBETH CHOLERA OUTBREAK OF 1848-1849 IBD

MCFARLAND AND COMPANY, INC.
11 / 2009
9780786439898
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Sinopsis

This work brings together a unique range of sources to reveal a forgotten episode in London?s history. Situated opposite Westminster on the south bank of the River Thames, by 1848 Lambeth?s waterfront had become London?s industrial center and a magnet to migrant workers. The book exposes the suffering of the working population in the face of apathy and ineptitude, and convincingly challenges the long-standing belief that London?s numerous cholera outbreaks beginning in 1832 were unrelated. The work combines recent scientific research with first-hand accounts to show for the first time that in the nineteenth century cholera was very probably endemic in the River Thames.

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57,26